Kim Kilsdonk

Kim Kilsdonk
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	31 March 1979 (age 44); Haarlem
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$51,943
Singles
Career record	63–67 (48.5%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 347 (15 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record	248–144 (63.3%)
Career titles	30 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (1 August 2005)

Last updated March 18, 2024

Kim Kilsdonk (born 31 March 1979) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

Career

In October 2004, Kilsdonk partnered Leanne Baker and the duo lost in the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. They were beaten in two sets by Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner.^[2]

In February 2005, Kilsdonk partnered Claire Curran and the duo lost in the first round of the Open Gaz de France. They were beaten by Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke. Following this, they headed to Antwerp to compete in the Proximus Diamond Games. There, they won two matches to qualify and then went on to beat Francesca Lubiani and Marta Marrero in the first round. They lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals, in straight sets.^[3] This was followed by a run to the semifinals at the İstanbul Cup partnering Claire Curran where they lost to Sandra and Daniela Klemenschits.^[4]

In October 2006, at Hasselt, Kilsdonk partnered Elise Tamaëla. The duo lost in the quarterfinals; they were beaten by Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr.^[5]

In September 2007, Kilsdonk partnered Sophie Lefèvre and the duo lost in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International Open to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	23 March 1998	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1.	16 March 2003	ITF Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Syna Schmidle	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6

Doubles: 55 (30 titles, 25 runner-ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (14–8)
Clay (14–16)
Carpet (2–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 June 1997	ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Laura Bao Caecilia Charbonnier	6–4, 6–2
Win	1.	16 June 1997	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Elena Juricich Milagros Sequera	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	29 June 1997	ITF Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Galina Dimitrova Dessislava Topalova	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	2.	5 July 1997	ITF Hoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Yvette Basting Simona Galikova	1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	3.	4 August 1997	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Annica Lindstedt Annemarie Mikkers	6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	12 January 1998	ITF Reykjavík, Iceland	Carpet (i)	Jolanda Mens	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	3.	22 June 1998	ITF Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Claudia Reimering Andrea van den Hurk	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	24 June 2002	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Nicole Melch	Jolanda Mens Sarah Stone	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–2
Win	6.	5 November 2002	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Dianne Matias	Dong Yan-Hua Zhang Yao	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4.	20 January 2003	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Leslie Butkiewicz	Séverine Brémond Beltrame Amandine Dulon	7–5, 6–7⁽²⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	5.	18 February 2003	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Leslie Butkiewicz	Magda Mihalache Syna Schmidle	2–6, 3–6
Win	7.	27 January 2003	ITF Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Sophie Lefèvre	Liu Nannan Xie Yanze	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	23 June 2003	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Marielle Hoogland Jolanda Mens	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6.	21 July 2003	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Maria Kondratieva Shelley Stephens	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	7.	4 August 2003	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Anne-Laure Heitz Amandine Singla	6–0, 6–7⁽³⁾, 5–7
Win	9.	24 August 2003	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	İpek Şenoğlu Eveline Vanhyfte	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8.	21 September 2003	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nicole Kriz	Claire Curran Helena Ejeson	2–6, 1–6
Win	10.	28 September 2003	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Nicole Kriz	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9.	26 January 2004	ITF Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Sophie Lefèvre	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	3–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	9 February 2004	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Claire Curran	Helen Crook Martina Müller	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	16 February 2004	ITF Redbridge, UK	Hard (i)	Claire Curran	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	6–3, 3–6, 7–6⁽¹⁰⁾
Loss	10.	19 July 2005	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Claire Curran	Yuliya Beygelzimer Sandra Klösel	4–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	8 August 2005	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Neda Kozić	Leslie Butkiewicz Jessie de Vries	w/o
Win	13.	12 February 2006	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Elise Tamaëla	Surina De Beer Ayami Takase	7–5, 6–4
Win	14.	10 February 2007	ITF Tipton, UK	Hard (i)	Elise Tamaëla	Ksenia Lykina Urszula Radwańska	6–3, 6–3
Win	15.	20 July 2007	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Elise Tamaëla	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Karolina Kosińska	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	12.	28 October 2007	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Elise Tamaëla	Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu	1–6, 2–6
Win	16.	13 July 2008	ITF Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Volha Duko Ineke Mergaert	6–4, 5–3 ret.
Win	17.	18 July 2008	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Iveta Gerlová Tadeja Majerič	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13.	27 July 2008	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	18.	8 November 2008	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Daniëlle Harmsen	Katharina Brown Tara Moore	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	19.	16 November 2008	ITF Jersey, UK	Hard (i)	Daniëlle Harmsen	Tara Moore Elizabeth Thomas	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Win	20.	15 March 2009	ITF Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Daniëlle Harmsen	Amanda Elliott Violette Huck	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–1
Win	21.	4 April 2009	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Marie-Ève Pelletier Frederica Piedade	6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss	14.	28 August 2009	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Quirine Lemoine Sabine van der Sar	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	15.	6 September 2009	ITF Almere, Netherlands	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Kiki Bertens Nicole Thyssen	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Win	22.	20 September 2009	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Marcella Koek	Apollonia Melzani Andreea Văideanu	6–3, 6–0
Loss	16.	22 October 2009	ITF Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Marcella Koek	Sara del Barrio Aragón Nicolette van Uitert	3–6, 4–6
Win	23.	28 October 2010	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Nicolette van Uitert	Indra Bigi Nicole Clerico	6–3, 6–2
Loss	17.	21 November 2010	ITF Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Nicolette van Uitert	Florence Haring Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	18.	19 February 2011	ITF Leimen, Germany	Hard (i)	Nicolette van Uitert	Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová	6–2, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [4–10]
Win	24.	26 February 2011	ITF Zell am Harmersbach, Germany	Carpet (i)	Nicolette van Uitert	Lidziya Marozava Sviatlana Pirazhenka	7–5, 6–4
Loss	19.	25 June 2011	ITF Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Eva Wacanno Karolina Wlodarczak	2–6, 4–6
Loss	20.	15 July 2011	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Lenka Wienerová Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	21.	29 July 2011	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Marcella Koek Eva Wacanno	5–7, 1–6
Win	25.	5 August 2011	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Hard	Nicolette van Uitert	Marie Benoît Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–2
Win	26.	12 August 2011	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Elyne Boeykens Nicky Van Dyck	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	27.	2 September 2011	ITF Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	6–4, 6–0
Loss	22.	25 February 2012	ITF Mâcon, France	Hard (i)	Nicolette van Uitert	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Michaela Hončová	4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	23.	13 July 2012	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Mihaela Buzărnescu Nicola Geuer	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	28.	28 July 2012	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Brynn Boren Shelby Talcott	6–4, 6–0
Loss	24.	24 August 2012	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Nicolette van Uitert	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win	29.	6 October 2012	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nicolette van Uitert	Lu Jiaxiang Lu Jiajing	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	25.	3 August 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nicolette van Uitert	Dianne Hollands Anastasia Kharchenko	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	30.	10 August 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nicolette van Uitert	Gai Ao Ekaterina Lavrikova	6–1, 6–0

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References

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Kim Kilsdonk at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Tennis school Kim Kilsdonk

[2] 2004 Luxembourg Main Draw (archive)

[3] 2005 Antwerp Main Draw (archive)

[4] 2005 İstanbul Main Draw (archive)

[5] 2006 Hasselt Main Draw (archive)

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